Zichru Daf Simanim
Siman - Berachos Daf 5
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  • קריאת שמע על המטה

One who recites קריאת שמע על המטה is likened to one who holds a double edged sword to slay mazikin.

  • Three gifts acquired through yisurin

In the midst of the sugya of yisurin, it is taught that HaKadosh Baruch Hu gave three good gifts to klal Yisroel which all have to be acquired through yisurin; Torah, eretz Yisroel, and Olam Haba.

  • Freeing oneself from own prison

We learn that a person cannot free himself from his own prison from the fact that R’ Yochanan needed someone to heal him even though he had the capacity to heal others.- אין חבוש מתיר עצמו מבית האסורים

Siman -- Hay. A sick person sitting up on a bed of HAY saying קריאת שמע על המטה with one hand while holding a sword with the other is visited by a Rabbi holding three gifts who has come to heal him.

Rabbi Avraham Goldhar

Rabbi Avraham Goldhar has been designing and teaching Jewish literacy courses for over thirty years. His knowledge frameworks for Biblical mastery, Jewish History, Talmudic Law & Jewish Holidays enable students of all backgrounds to better integrate Jewish concepts and learn systematically. After serving as the Educational Director of Aish HaTorah New York, Avraham launched GoldharSchool.com, Home of Big Picture Jewish Education, featuring Jewish literacy content for schools and individuals. He is the developer of the Goldhar Method, a revolutionary learning system that integrates memory into the learning process and has trained over 80,000 students, teachers and professionals. He lectures internationally on the topic of academic mastery and the solutions required to raise the bar in education. Avraham learned in Aish HaTorah, Mir, and Chaim Berlin and received his ordination under the tutelage of Rabbi Yitzchok Berkovits in Jerusalem.